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This is a task force of WikiProject Television for the coverage of episode related content (as opposed to over-all show information, or other general TV article). This includes Lists of episodes, season / series / story arc articles, and individual episode articles.

This task force is the result of merging WP:TVE and WP:LOE. You will find all those guidelines, templates, and advice on this page, as well as new information. This was done to better organize all articles relating to episode-level detail.

See also: Wikipedia:Television episodes, our guidelines on writing articles on individual television episodes.

Guidelines

Wikipedia:Television episodes
Wikipedia:Notability (fiction)
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)
WP:TV-REVIEW Television article review process

Participants

User TV Eps

This user is a member of the WikiProject Television Episode coverage task force.

Technically speaking, anyone who edits / contributes to TV and episode articles is a participant, and there are no requirements other than that. If one wishes they can further identify themselves with the task force by adding {{User TV Eps}} to their user page.

Article assessment

Episode coverage articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	8	30	51		13	103
FL		16	56	16		59	147
GA	6	19	129	698		1,128	1,980
B	2	4	23	104		268	401
C	2	9	81	406		1,811	2,309
Start	6	11	107	1,383		4,784	6,291
Stub			5	110		815	930
List		20	145	643		3,684	4,492
Category					3,951		3,951
Disambig					63		63
File					205		205
Portal					1		1
Project					35		35
Redirect		2	7	459	49,047		49,515
Template					110		110
NA					1		1
Other				1	65		66
Assessed	17	89	583	3,871	53,478	12,562	70,600
Unassessed				11		797	808
Total	17	89	583	3,882	53,478	13,359	71,408
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 51,433			Ω = 4.28

Some advice regarding television episode article assessment:

Top-importance episodes have attained a status of significant importance not just to a single television series, but to the history of television or pop culture at large. Examples: "Job Switching" (I Love Lucy), "The Last Show" (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
High-importance episodes are very important or notable in the context of an individual series, and has gained recognition to general audiences outside of that series as well. Examples: "The Contest" (Seinfeld), "Made in America" (The Sopranos)
Mid-importance episodes may have particular significance in the context of an individual show, but has not necessarily gained significant importance outside of that series. Examples: "The One with Ross's Wedding" (Friends), "Scott Tenorman Must Die" (South Park)
Low-importance episodes are not of any particular importance, within the context of the series of the individual series or otherwise, but still satisfy Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Examples: "Ron and Tammy" (Parks and Recreation), "Lemon of Troy" (The Simpsons)

Alerts

Today's featured article requests

13 Sep 2025 – Supernatural season 1 (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

12 Jul 2025 – Episode 11,145 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (t · c); see discussion
06 Jul 2025 – Episode 4043 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (t · c); see discussion
27 Jun 2025 – Episode 6994 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

09 Jul 2025 – Make New Friends but Keep Discord (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zanahary (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
08 Jul 2025 – Top Gear: Bolivia Special (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Donaldd23 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
03 Jul 2025 – Doctor Who Extra (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)

Individual episodes

Featured articles

These articles about television episodes reached featured article status. You can use them as an example of what a well written episode article should look like.

"Aquaman (TV program)" – Pilot episode for an Aquaman series, which was never picked up.
"The Stolen Earth" – Episode of Doctor Who
"Hell Is Other Robots" – Episode of Futurama
"Subway" – Episode of Homicide: Life on the Street
"Pilot (House)" – First episode of House.
"Greatest Hits (Lost)" – Episode of Lost.
"Through the Looking Glass (Lost)" – Episode of Lost.
"Abyssinia, Henry" – Episode of M*A*S*H.
"No Such Thing as Vampires" – Episode of Moonlight.
"Premiere (The O.C.)" – Episode of The O.C..
"Pilot (Smallville)" – Episode of Smallville.
"A Streetcar Named Marge" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Cape Feare" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Homer's Enemy" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Homer's Phobia" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Lisa the Skeptic" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"The Joy of Sect" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"You Only Move Twice" – Episode of The Simpsons.
"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" – Episode of South Park
"Damien" – Episode of South Park
"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" – Episode of South Park
"Starvin' Marvin" – Episode of South Park
"Trapped in the Closet" – Episode of South Park
"Volcano" – Episode of South Park
"Weight Gain 4000" – Episode of South Park
"Interactions" – Episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man

Writing episode pages

Lists of episodes

Featured lists

The following lists of episodes have been identifed as Featured lists:

See Wikipedia:Featured lists#Media for a full list of TV-related Featured lists.

List guidelines

Until a new guideline/how-to is made, simply follow the example of other Featured lists.

(see also, #Templates below for the structure guidelines via templates)

Additional relevant guidelines and advice:

Wikipedia:Featured lists

Wikipedia:What is a featured list?

Templates

{{Episode list}}
- Simplifies the method of creating new lists in a table format, using the project's recommended layout. Participants are encouraged to begin applying them to episode lists.
{{Japanese episode list}}
- For anime and other Japanese-related episodes. Provides the same options as the above template, but with Japanese specific parameters (such as "KanjiTitle", etc) for ease of use.
For lists that only list titles and air dates, etc, and do not include summaries, remove |ShortSummary=, which will remove the summary cell, colored line separator and default cell coloring.
Please be sure to use {{Start date}} for the first-broadcast date of each episode.